Based on the first novel of the die zwerge tetralogy eng the dwarves by author markus heitz the goal of the cooperative game die zwerge is to keep evil from flooding girdlegard during set up players choose one of the dwarves from the novel each of which is equipped with a unique special ability and different stats for fighting crafting and movement before each player39s turn the forces of evil usually break through one of the four big gates ndash which are guarded by different dwarven